So I got the cable hooked up in my new place just in time to see Tony Romo lead the Cowboys to the game winning drive against the Washington Redskins. That made my day. What didn’t make my day was trying to view the fights on Saturday renegade style due to a series of unfortunate circumstances. Anyways I was right on some accounts and wrong on others for UFC 106 but let’s get into it now.

UFC 106 Key Points
The welterweight title picture is a mess. Since the UFC probably expected Koshchek to lose to Johnson (as did I) they had no reason to think that Hardy would be anything other than the number one contender come the end of Saturday night. However Koshchek threw a monkey wrench into those plans simply by winning impressively over Johnson. If Johnson would’ve won this would’ve been an easy set-up for a fight with Jon Fitch with the winner facing the winner of GSP/Hardy. This was not the case. It would’ve been easier to say that Johnson is not ready for a title shot but it’s difficult to say with his latest track record that Koshchek doesn’t deserve a shot at the belt. Now as I said last week we have several number one contenders for the welterweight division. We’ve got Jon Fitch, Josh Koshchek, and Dan Hardy, in the order that I just mentioned them.

So where do we go from here? I think at this point teammates have to start fighting each other they can’t all be good and not expect to meet each other at some point. That’s a jaded way of thinking. If you want to be the best and you don’t want to fight your friends then stay out of their weight class. That being said Fitch/ Koshchek on the GSP/Hardy card with the winners facing each other and if people stay injury free this should work itself out. If Koshchek doesn’t want to fight Fitch then give the deal to Johnson then we’ve got Johnson/Fitch on the GSP/Hardy card and once again this works itself.

As for the rest of UFC 106…..

Nogueira just sent a serious message to the UFC Light-Heavyweight division while at the same time dismantling one who was supposed to be a top contender in the division. I smell Vera/Nogueira coming up in the near future.

Sotiropoulos will probably be fighting a real contender his next time in the octagon just to see if his streak of 4-0 inside the UFC has been a fluke. If he wins again the buzz will be loud and fast for him to get a top contender and maybe even title shot buzz. However he’s in a very stacked division and this could work to his disadvantage.

Folks you heard it here first, Kendall Grove is about to be on a winning streak in the middleweight division. This was the boost he needed over a quality opponent to put together a string of wins to make his title run. Stay tuned.

Ben Saunders should just go ahead and ask for a rematch with Mike Swick. Beating Davis doesn’t do much for him until he beats a top contender, not a gatekeeper like Davis. (I love Marcus Davis don’t get me wrong but he is turning out to be a gatekeeper)

Sadollah fans can breathe a sigh of relief he has an impressive win under his belt now. We’ll see now if he can build on this win. If I were him I’d ask for another fight to stay active.

Finally we’ll end with Mr. Ortiz and Mr. Griffin. Personally I think this fight does nothing for either of them. A loss did nothing for Tito and a split decision win over Ortiz does nothing to convince me that Forrest is back. If I’m Griffin I’m already looking for another fight against a legit opponent in order to get myself back on track. Think about it, a year ago this time Griffin was the light heavyweight champion it’s time to get back to those days.

Alright so besides UFC 106 it’s been a pretty slow week in MMA, much love to Brock Lesnar hope you get better man.



Holler.